The Greensborough Patriot
April 10, 1862
Page 4
MARVELLOUS
STORIES.—It is not often that marvelous tales are told of the doings of North
Carolina soldiers. But we find two in
the Petersburg Express, as related by Mr. C. O. White (Manager of a troupe of Minstrels)
who says he commanded a battery below Newbern during the late fight there. Speaking of the retreat he says:
“Eight
miles from Newbern, a member of the 27th N. C. Regiment, named M. M.
Hunter, was found lying on the track, with a portion of his head blown off by
an exploding shell. He had walked that
distance, when he fell from the loss of blood.
He was taken up, but died on reaching Goldsboro.
“Another
soldier, who had been shot through the head by a musket ball, was walking about
Goldsboro Friday evening, with the blood streaming from both sides, in pursuit
of a physician. He complained but
little, and said his pains were not severe.”
